A Study Vieuxtemps’on The Concerto No.4 In D Minor For Violin And Orchestra,Op.31

Henri Vieuxtemps,1820-1881, is a famous Belgian artists of modern violin. The violin concertos he composed and played had a profound influence in violin world history, is considered as the Viotti style’s inheritance and development. During his whole life Henri Vieuxtemps had composed more than sixty violin concertos, which are written in concert style with beautiful melodies and exquisite workmanship. The most accomplished and distinguished works were the seven violin concertos, which are classified as virtuoso faction represented by Berio, Wieniawski and Paganini in the playing skills but better than the Paganini Concertos in musical instruments configuration. He merged the advantages of the classical and romantic music camp, is a outstanding representative of French-Belgian school. Nowadays, the domestic academic’s research on Vieuxtemps’works and music style is still relatively scarce, this article intends to make a depth study and discussion on Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra, Op.31, one of the masterpieces of Henri Vieuxtemps.With respect to modern times, violin music exists limitations and shortcomings in intensity signs, mood tags, digital scales, virtuoso playing in the romantic period, what lead to the each school’s different ideas and opinions to this violin concerto in analysis, performances, understanding and inheritance. In order to recover and improve the academic shortcomings and flourish Romantic violin concerto, in the basis of understanding time and personal background of the creation of the song in detail, according to the research and summary of the violin creation characteristics of French-Belgian school and Henri Vieuxtemps himself, the article intends to make inner meaning inquiry and analysis about the classic work "Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra" in musical structure, playing methods and inner meaning to lay the foundation for finding better analysis and playing method of this period’s violin works.The main points of the article are as follows:1. "Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra" can be described as Henri Vieuxtemps’career masterpiece, its birth embodies the bloom of instruments violin making, development of music creation and people’s high passion for music appreciation in the romantic period.2. Combining elegant romanticism with rational and objective classicism, Vieuxtemps’ works are both magnificent and elegant. Meanwhile, Vieuxtemps’works not only make high attainments in the virtuoso playing method, but also have profound philosophy of life. "Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra" inherits musical art characteristics of the Romantic period in a full range.3. Traditional violin concerto uses the structure model of three movements, but Vieuxtemps’ "Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra" adds Scherzo movement between the second and third movement, creating a precedent of the structure model of four movements.4. In the creation of the unique cadenza, "Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra" did not pay attention to musical skills, but had a decisive rhythm and magnificent playing effect. The cadenza interconnected with the whole work each other, so the player could show the style of their own performance characteristics while showing music style itself. As to the tune distribution, structural analysis, emotional expression and other aspects of "Concerto No. 4 in D minor for violin and orchestra", we should also express author’s own characteristics on the basis of reflecting the overall style of the Romantic.This article is divided into five parts:According to the collected literature and data, The first part summed up the theoretical and practical significance of the research; Taking Henri Vieuxtemps’s dual role of violinist and composer into account, his violin concertos’music Character and playing skills should be interrelated and promoted, so in the second part the composer’s playing and creative background were analyzed to be the theoretical basis for the detailed analysis of the next part; The third part performed a music ontology research on Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra, summarized the overall structure of the music, obtaind the detailed features through the analysis of each chapter’s music structure; The fourth part of the article introduced the study and analysis on the detail playing techniques of each chapters, proposed solutions to the corresponding playing difficulties, and lay the foundation for the realization of our own understanding; From the two aspects of the innovation compared to classical concerto and the virtuoso techniques, the fifth part summarized Concerto No.4 in D minor for violin and orchestra’s influence and status in the violin development history.